Hives: Take a nice bath
with body temperature water with Bi-Carb Soda in, around ¼ or ½ cup should do.
Homemade Facial
Cleanser: 2 teaspoons of Milk, dash of Sugar and a 1/2 teaspoon of
Honey. Mix altogether and rib onto face and leave for 3 minutes and then
wash off.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes ... Cover the blemish with
a dab of Honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria,
keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
Hornet
Stings: Wring out a towel in hot water and sprinkle a generous portion
of meat tenderiser on the towel. Apply directly to the sting,
re-treating the towel every five minutes for about half an hour. The hot
towel causes the pores of your skin to open, and the tenderiser
neutralizes the venom. If you do this quickly enough after the hornet's
bite, there is no pain or swelling.
If a blister opens, pour Vodka
over the raw skin as a local anaesthetic that also disinfects the
exposed dermis.
If you do get bitten or stung, a paste of mashed
Garlic can help take the sting and itch away. Some people apply garlic,
onion, or radish juice for the same purpose.
If contact lenses are
lost, darken the room as much as possible. Shine a flashlight over the
floor. The lens will glow.
Insect Bites: To relieve the itch, cut an
aloe leaf and rub its juice on your skin. Treat with a poultice of
either cornstarch or baking soda, mixed with Vinegar, fresh lemon
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail
fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful
antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
Kills fleas
instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to
your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid
skin irritations. Good bye fleas.
Ladies and some men, will love
this hint: Painlessly remove ingrown hairs: Yes, you heard me correctly.
Try putting a dab of body scrub on a clean old toothbrush And gently
exfoliate the area daily. The scrub encourages Your skin to release the
trapped hair so it can be easily tweezed out.
Listerine therapy for
toenail fungus ... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your
toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your
toenails looking healthy again. Wow, fresh breath and toenails, too.
Make your own mouthwash by mixing nine tablespoons powered cinnamon with
one cup Vodka. Seal in an airtight container for two weeks. Strain
through a coffee filter. Mix with warm water and rinse your mouth. Don't
swallow.
Mayonnaise will kill Lice; it will also condition your
hair.
Migraine Headaches: Nibble on four or five feverfew leaves to
relieve headache.
Minor burn - Toothpaste juice or witch hazel.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on Bananas between meals helps to keep blood
sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness. Mosquito bites: Before
reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with
the inside of a Banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at
reducing swelling and irritation.
Mosquito Bites: Instead of
spending a fortune on After-Bite, Dab toothpaste over your mosquito
bites. Make sure the bite is covered completely and leave it covered for
half an hour before washing the toothpaste off in water. Repeat daily
until the bite is gone.
MOSQUITO REMEDY Pass this on to anyone who
likes sitting out in the evening or when they're having a cookout. So
you don't like those pesky mosquitoes, especially now that they have the
potential to carry the West-Nile Virus? Here's a tip that was given at a
recent gardening forum: Put some water in a WHITE dinner plate and add a
couple of drops of "Lemon Fresh Joy Dish Detergent". Set the dish on
your porch, patio, or other outdoor area. I'm not sure what attracts
them, the lemon smell, the white plate colour, or what, but mosquitoes
flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the Lemon Fresh
Joy/water mixture, and usually within 10 feet of the plate.
Mosquito
Bites: Rub regular underarm deodorant across the bite and the bite will
stop itching right away.
Natural Mosquito Repellent: For insect
repellent, essential oils such as clover, citronella, eucalyptus,
peppermint, lavender, cedar and lemon grass repel bugs naturally. In a
spray bottle, combine 1 1/2 tsp. essential oils per cup of Vodka. Apply
almond oil to skin before spraying.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B
vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Next time you need a
quick ice pack, grab a bag of frozen vegetables out of your freezer - no
watery leaks from a plastic baggie!
Nibble on four or five feverfew
leaves to relieve headache.
Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and
warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture
to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Orange Peel
Tooth Whitener: Use the white part of an orange peel to whiten your
teeth.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of
Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort
food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients,
researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure
jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings,
we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high
carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Paper cut
- Chap Stick. Glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals lately.
People swear garlic works and swallow slivered garlic to ward off
these summer pests. Others take garlic tablets or rub garlic juice
directly on their skin.
Poison Ivy: Apply a paste of 3 parts Bi Carb
Soda and 1 part water. Let dry, and then wash off. This also works on
poison oak, poison sumac, or other skin irritations.
Pour one-half
cup Vodka and one-half cup water in a Ziplock freezer bag, and freeze
for a slushy, refreshable ice pack for aches, pain, or black eyes.
Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy to remove the Urushiol
oil from your skin.
Prevent yeast infections. Douche with one
tablespoon Vinegar to one quart warm water, to adjust the pH balance in
the vagina.
Quaker Oats for fast pain relief ....It's not for break
fast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and
warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture
to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Quaker Oats
for fast pain relief.... It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of
Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1
minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing
relief from arthritis pain.
Quick treatments for pimples, use a dab
of Toothpaste on it at night.
Rainy day cure for dog odour ... Next
time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with
Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime
fresh.
Relieve by applying a poultice of Bi- Carb Soda and water.
Relieve cough by mixing one-half cup Apple Cider Vinegar, one-half cup
water, one teaspoon cayenne pepper, and four teaspoons honey.
Relieve
sunburn pain. Pat your sunburn with wet Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bags.
Removing Band-aids Tips: Apply baby oil to the bandage using a cotton
ball And it will easily come off. Olive oil or vegetable oil works too
if you don’t have baby oil. Or you can Apply petroleum jelly (Vaseline)
to the bandage and Allow it to soak in for about 5 minutes and it will
easily come off.
Raw Potato For Healthy Skin: Rub a raw Potato on
your face to help with skin discoloration, wrinkles, and age spots.
Enzymes
in the raw Potato nourishes your skin tissue, and the
alkaline content gives you a nice glow. Try on Acne scars as this seems
to work also.
Rubbing the skin with baby oil or imitation vanilla
extract repels biting insects such as mosquitoes and black flies.
Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning
by making pupils more alert.
Rub bites with wet bar soap to help
relieve itching.
Rub regular underarm deodorant across the bite, and
the bite will stop itching right away.
Rubdown: For a super scented
rubdown, spray two clean, dry bath towels with your favourite cologne.
Toss the towels in the dryer for 3 minutes on a high setting so that
they are heated through. Rub them vigorously over your body for
sensational skin. Damp skin will more readily absorb the fragrance.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers
because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.
Shiny
Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea.
Sinuses: While you're in the shower,
inhale the steam as deeply as you can. It will help loosen any nasal
stuffiness. This also helps if you have a deep bronchial cough.
Smart splinter remover... just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue all over the
splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter
sticks to the dried glue.
Smoking: Bananas can also help people
trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the
potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the
effects of nicotine withdrawal.
So, a banana really is a natural
remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times
the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five
times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.
It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.
So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A
banana a day keeps the doctor away!
Soothe a sore throat or
laryngitis. Drink brewed Tea with Lemon or honey.
Soothe a sore
throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water. Gargle, and then
swallow.
Soothe tired eyes. Tea bags soaked in cool water or lukewarm
water over your eyes for at least fifteen minutes.
Sore nipples --
(Nursing Mothers) use Chap Stick or a wet tea bag, or wool wax.
Sore
Throats: For relief, mix a tablespoon of Honey and the juice of one
lemon into a cup of warm water, and sip.
Spike your hair with
Close-up toothpaste (it will also tint it).
Splinters: A drop of
Iodine or Mercurochrome on a splinter will make it show up better.
Start running warm water into the tub, then add 1½ cups ordinary table
Salt to the bath. Have the water warm, but not hot.
Stop gums from
bleeding after having tooth pulled. Press a cool, moist Tea bag against
he cavity with your finger.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral,
which helps normalise the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and
regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic
rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be
rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium Banana snack.
Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine, "eating
Bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes
by as much as 40%!
Suck a wedge of Lemon doused with Worcestershire
sauce.
Sucking on a wedge of Lemon will make you feel better. But be
sure to rinse your mouth afterwards as lemon corrodes teeth enamel.
Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water.
Sunburn
- Just in time for summer Your first reaction to a sunburn may be to
reach for some aloe Vera. Though Aloe is great for sunburns, if you
can't afford to buy some, reach for your jar of Mayo! The oil in the
Mayo helps to condition the skin and the coolness of the refrigerated
Mayo is soothing. Of course, it does leave an oily layer on your skin
until it soaks into the skin so be careful leaning against furniture,
etc. .
Sunburn: To cool sunburn, dissolve 1/2 cup or more Bi-Carb
Soda in a tub of lukewarm.
Swish a shot of Vodka over an aching
tooth. Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.
Take one tablespoon when cough acts up. Take another tablespoon at
bedtime.
Tea Bags : Deodorize your feet. Boil three or four Tea bags
in one quart of water for ten minutes. Add enough cold water to make a
comfortable soak. Soak your feet for twenty to thirty minutes, then dry
and apply food powder. Do this twice a day until odour is under control.
Then continue twice a week to keep odour under control. Tannin, which
can be found in tea, is a drying agent. Soothe a burn. Apply wet Lipton
Flo-Thru Tea Bags directly to the burn, or secure in place with gauze.
Tea Bags: Help relieve Diarrhoea. Drink plenty of tea and eat toast. The
tannin in tea is reported to be helpful in cases of Diarrhoea, while its
liquid replaces fluids lost by the body.
Temperature control: Many
other cultures see Bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the
physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand,
for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born
with a cool temperature.
TICK REMOVAL: Apply a glob of liquid soap
to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and
swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and
be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. Unless there is an
allergy to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way.
To assist with Boils: The acids from the Tomatoes soothe the pain and
brings the boil to a head.
Throat sore, just mix ¼ cup Vinegar and ¼
Honey, mix and take a sip 6 times a day. Vinegar kills the bacteria.
To cool sunburn, dissolve 1/2 cup or more Bi-Carb Soda in a tub of
lukewarm.
To cure foot odour, wash your feet with Vodka. To diffuse
a boil or pimple, add two tablespoons of Lemon to a cup of
freshly-boiled water. Soak, clean, and disinfect the area with a cotton
ball.
To get rid of itch from Mosquito bite: try applying soap on
the area, instant relief.
To relieve Corns, just before going to bed
slice off one end of a lemon so that the "hole" that remains is the size
of a penny. Insert the toe with the corn into the Lemon. Put a sock on
your foot to keep the lemon in place and repeat nightly until the Corn
disappears.
To relieve haemorrhoids symptoms, dampen a cotton ball
with Lemon juice, then apply to affected area.
To relieve the itch,
cut an aloe leaf and rub its juice on your skin.
To relieve the
sting of minor sunburn, cut an Aloe Vera leaf and rub its juice on your
skin.
To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with
Vodka. The solvent dissolves the adhesive.
To soothe burns, dab pure
Vanilla extract onto a cooking burn to keep it from blistering.
To
treat an earache put a few drops of Vodka in your ear. Let set for a few
minutes. Then drain. The Vodka will kill the bacteria that are causing
pain in your ear.
To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub Vodka on
your chest and back as a liniment.
To treat Dandruff, mix one cup
vodka with two teaspoons crushed rosemary, let sit for two days, strain
through a coffee filter and massage into your scalp and let dry.
Tomato Paste boil cure: Cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a
compress.
Treat with a poultice of either Cornstarch or Bi-Carbonate
Soda mixed with Vinegar, fresh Lemon juice or Witch Hazel.
Try a
golden glow to your face, use a Cucumber and Honey.
Ulcers: The
Banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because
of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be
eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes
over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the
stomach.
Use Bi-Carbonate Soda for upset tummies.
Use
Bi-Carbonate Soda to whiten your teeth.
Using a cotton ball, apply
Vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten
pores.
Using a q-tip, apply Vodka to a cold sore to help it dry out.
Vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in White Vinegar and
apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The Vinegar reduces the blueness and
speeds up the healing process.
Vinegar: Add ¼ cup or more Vinegar to
the vaporizer.
Vinegar: Clears embarrassing dandruff.
Vinegar:
Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider Vinegar with one-quarter
cup honey.
Vinegar: Cure Hiccups fast.
Vinegar: Dampen your
appetite. Sprinkle a little Vinegar on prepared food to take the edge
off your appetite.
Vinegar: Disinfectant to almost anything.
Vinegar: Ease nausea and upset stomachs.
Vinegar: Ease pain of insect
bites.
Vinegar: Feel good recipe. A teaspoon of Apple Cider vinegar
in a glass of water, with a bit of Honey added for flavour, will take
the edge off your appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.
Vinegar: Guards against food poisoning.
Vinegar: Helps fade age
spots.
Vinegar: lifts painful corns and calluses.
Vinegar:
Prevents infections.
Vinegar: Relieve arthritis. Before each meal,
drink a glass of water containing two teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar.
Give it at least three weeks to start working.
Vinegar: Relieve dry
and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
Vinegar: Relieve
itching by using a cotton ball to dab Mosquito and other bug bites with
Vinegar straight from the bottle.
Vinegar: Relieve sunburn by lightly
rubbing it with vinegar. You may have to reapply.
Vinegar: Relieves
headaches.
Vinegar: Relieves sore throats.
Vinegar: Smoothes
painful sunburn.
Vinegar: Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot or
douse the irritated area with vinegar and relieve itching.
Vinegar:
Soothe tired aching feet.
Vinegar: Take one tablespoon six to eight
times daily.
Vinegar to heal bruises ... Soak a cotton ball in white
vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The Vinegar reduces the
blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Vinegar: Treat sinus
infections and chest colds.
Vinegar: Whiten whites, brighten colours.
Vinegar: You take 1 tablespoon full and swallow when you have the
hiccups. It stops them instantly.
Vodka will disinfect and alleviate
a jellyfish sting.
Vodka: Spray Vodka on vomit stains, scrub with a
brush, and then blot dry.
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives
swear that if you want to kill off a Wart, take a piece of Banana skin
and place it on the Wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the
skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
When making your
favourite Chilli recipe, add a little Cocoa powder to the mixture. This
will cut the acid and help prevent heartburn.
When you get a
splinter, reach for the Scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a
needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, and then pull it
off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
While
you're in the shower, inhale the steam as deeply as you can. It will
help loosen any nasal stuffiness. This also helps if you have a deep
Bronchial cough.
Wring out a towel in hot water and sprinkle a
generous portion of meat tenderiser on the towel. Apply directly to the
sting, re-treating the towel every five minutes for about half an hour.
The hot towel causes the pores of your skin to open, and the tenderiser
neutralizes the venom. If you do this quickly enough after the Hornet's
bite, there is no pain or swelling.
Use peppermints to cover breath
problems after consuming Garlic.